<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

    <title>Create an EPUB</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
  <link href="../../stylesheet.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>
<link href="../../page_styles1.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/>

  


<link href="../../calibreHtmlOutBasicCss.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />

</head>
<body>

<div class="calibreMeta">
  <div class="calibreMetaTitle">
  
  
    
    <h1>
      <a href="../../../index.html">Sigil User Guide
</a>
    </h1>
    
    
  
  </div>
  <div class="calibreMetaAuthor">
    0.7.2

  </div>
</div>

<div class="calibreMain">

  <div class="calibreEbookContent">
    
      <div class="calibreEbNavTop">
        
          <a href="tutorial_code_view.html" class="calibreAPrev">previous page</a>
        

        
          <a href="tutorial_validate.html" class="calibreANext"> next page</a>
        
      </div>
    

    
  <h2 id="tutorial_check_spelling" class="calibre5">Check For Spelling Mistakes</h2>

  <p class="calibre1">Sigil can check the spelling in your book using standard dictionaries, and dictionaries you create.</p>

  <p class="calibre1">Before checking the spelling in your book, you should first configure a dictionary using <a href="../Text/preferences.html#preferences_spellcheck_dictionaries">Preferences→Spellcheck Dictionaries</a>. You will need to select a primary dictionary (English, French, etc.). You can just use the "default" personal user dictionary to store any words you want to remember, or create a new user dictionary for each book.</p>

  <h3 class="sigilnotintoc">Spellcheck</h3>

  <p class="calibre1">To check the spelling in your book click the Spellcheck button <img alt="document-spellcheck_22px" src="../Images/document-spellcheck_22px.png" class="calibre7"/> or use the menu item <span class="shortcut">Tools→Spellcheck→Spellcheck:</span></p>

  <div class="image"><img alt="spellcheck-main" src="../Images/spellcheck-main.png" class="calibre7"/></div>

  <p class="calibre1">This will open a dialog that shows you every word Sigil has identified as misspelled.</p>

  <p class="calibre1">If you select a word you will notice that Sigil will find the first occurrence of that word in your book – and display it in Code View. This is useful to see the word in context, but can be a little confusing if you are not used to Code View, but is necessary to ensure Sigil can find your misspelled word accurately.</p>

  <div class="tip">
    <p class="tiptext">You can switch back to Book View using the Book View button <img alt="view-book_22px" src="../Images/view-book_22px.png" class="calibre7"/>, but each time you select a word it will reset to Code View.</p>
  </div>

  <p class="calibre1">Once you have selected a word, you have several choices:</p>

  <ul class="calibre3">
    <li class="calibre4">Use <span class="buttonbox">Ignore</span> to skip marking this word as misspelled until you switch to a new book or restart Sigil. Sigil will not remember to ignore this word if you restart.</li>

    <li class="calibre4">Click on the button <span class="buttonbox">Add To Dictionary</span> to add the word to the dictionary you select from the list below the button. You will start with just a "default" dictionary in the list unless you created additional user dictionaries in Preferences.</li>

    <li class="calibre4">Use <span class="buttonbox">Change Selected Word To</span> to change every occurrence of the selected word in your book to the word you enter below. The dropdown list contains a list of suggested alternatives, or you can type your own word.</li>
  </ul>

  <p class="calibre1">The other options available to you are:</p>

  <ul class="calibre3">
    <li class="calibre4"><span class="buttonbox">Refresh</span> can be used if you edit your book while Spellcheck is open. You do not need to use it if you are just ignoring, adding, or changing a word.</li>

    <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Show All Words:</span> Check this to show all unique words in the book and not just the misspelled words.</li>

    <li class="calibre4"><span class="listheading">Case-Insensitive Sort:</span> Enable this to sort words as AaBbCc instead of ABCabc.</li>
  </ul>

  <p class="calibre1">You may also notice that in Code View, misspelled words are optionally underlined. This is another way to check spelling with Sigil.</p>

  <div class="tip">
    <p class="tiptext">See the <a href="../Text/spellcheck.html">Spellcheck</a> chapter for more details.</p>
  </div>



  </div>

  
  <div class="calibreToc">
    <h2><a href="../../../index.html"> Table of contents</a></h2>
     <div>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="cover_picture.html">Cover</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="titlepage.html">Title Page</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="rights.html">Copyright</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="introduction.html">Introduction</a>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="whats_new.html">What’s New</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="about_sigil.html">About Sigil</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="about_epub.html">About EPUB</a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="installation.html">Installation</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="features.html">Features</a>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="user_interface.html">User Interface</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="preferences.html">Preferences</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="opening_and_saving_files.html">Opening and Saving Files</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="book_view.html">Book View</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="code_view.html">Code View</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="preview.html">Preview</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="book_browser.html">Book Browser</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="metadata.html">Metadata</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="add_cover.html">Add Cover</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="table_of_contents.html">Table of Contents</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="validation.html">Validation</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="spellcheck.html">Spellcheck</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="media_files.html">Images, Video, Audio</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="special_characters.html">Special Characters</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="splitting_and_merging.html">Splitting and Merging</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="find_replace.html">Find &amp; Replace</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="saved_searches.html">Saved Searches</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="clips.html">Clips</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="clipboard_history.html">Clipboard History</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="links.html">Links and IDs</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="styles.html">Styles</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="indexes.html">Indexes</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="reports.html">Reports</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="external_editors.html">External Editors</a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="tutorials.html">Tutorials</a>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_getting_started_with_epub.html">Getting Started With EPUB</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_convert_to_html.html">Prepare Your File For Sigil</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_load_file.html">Open Your File With Sigil</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_save.html">Save Your EPUB File</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_metadata.html">Add the Author and Title</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_add_cover.html">Add a Cover Image</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_split.html">Create Files For Each Chapter</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_mark_chapters.html">Identify Your Chapters</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_generate_toc.html">Generate A Table of Contents</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_links.html">Create Links and Notes</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_code_view.html">A Quick Introduction To Code View</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_spelling.html">Check For Spelling Mistakes</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_validate.html">Check For Errors In Your EPUB</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_find_replace.html">Edit With Find &amp; Replace</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_stylesheets.html">Use Stylesheets</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_embed_fonts.html">Include Custom Fonts</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_advanced_find.html">Advanced Find &amp; Replace – Regex</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_regex_reference.html">Regular Expression Reference</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="tutorial_tips.html">Tips</a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="faq.html#faq_common_questions">Common Questions</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="faq.html#faq_questions">Where to Get Help</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="faq.html#faq_using_sigil">Using Sigil</a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="faq.html#faq_formatting">Formatting and Styles</a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="contributing_to_sigil.html">Contributing to Sigil</a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>


  </div>
  

  <div class="calibreEbNav">
    
      <a href="tutorial_code_view.html" class="calibreAPrev">previous page</a>
    

    <a href="../../../index.html" class="calibreAHome"> start</a>

    
      <a href="tutorial_validate.html" class="calibreANext"> next page</a>
    
  </div>

</div>

</body>
</html>
